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MOT & Carbon Fibre style number plates - A warning


kustard

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Bit of a rant really, and a little warning to others out there. :rant::rant::rant:

 

I recently got some new plates made up for my car from Demon Plates (demonplates.com) - I was keen to get perfectly legal ones, as I hate 'artistic liscense' with spacing etc.

 

I even checked they were approved suppliers - which they are:

4. Are you registered with the DVLA to make number plates?

 

Yes we are and have been since the Register Of Number Pate Suppliers (RNPS) was set up on the 1st Jan 2003. Our registration number is : 1338.

 

Now, on their site they advertise the 'Rolls Royce' of plates which make the letters slightly raised and give them a nice subtle carbon fiber effect - which I decided to go for. The explicitly state these are legal. (see image)

 

demon.jpg

 

So anyway, I take the car in for it's MOT today - and later, get a phone call saying it's failed. Guess why - yep, the plates are illegal and I need to pay 30 quid for some normal plates and have the other ones taken off in order for it to pass.

 

Now obviously I was pretty pi**ed, having already forked out 50+ quid for these 'Roll Royce' of plates. I've rung demon plates and have been given the e-mail of the owner to complain. I plan on getting in touch, but I'm not really sure what good it will do - I have to pay for these new plates as my MOT runs out tomorrow and I doubt they'll refund me on the CF ones. I guess at least he may put some kind of warning on the site stating they're not legal and effectively show plates to stop others being duped too. I'd never have bought them if I'd known that.

 

Anyway, rant over - thanks for listening!

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its annoying when that happens, it prob failed for the fact the letters are 3d rather than just bein flat etc just do what most of us do put the legal ones on for the mot then change it back to the better lookin ones when its passed

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